Saṁyutta Nikāya:
III. Khandhā Vagga:
22: Khandhāsaṁyutta

Dukkha Suttaṁ

Sutta 104

Suffering

 

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Thus have I heard:

The Exalted One was once staying near Sāvatthī
at the Jeta Grove in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.

And there the Exalted One addressed the brethren, saying:

"Brethren!"

"Master!" responded those brethren.

The Exalted One said:

"Brethren, I will teach you suffering,
the arising of suffering,
the ceasing of suffering,
the way leading to the ceasing of suffering.

Do ye listen to it.

And what, brethren, is suffering?

It is to be called the five grasping groups.

What five?

The body grasping group,
the feeling grasping group,
the perception grasping group,
the the activities grasping group,
the consciousness grasping group.

This, brethren, is called suffering.

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And what, brethren, is the arising of suffering?

It is that craving which,
accompanied by lure and lust,
leads downward to rebirth,
to wit:

the craving for feeling,
the craving for rebirth,
the craving for no rebirth.

This, brethren, is called the arising of suffering.

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And what, brethren, is the ceasing of suffering?

It is the utter passionless ceasing,
the giving up,
the abandonment of,
the release from,
the freedom from
attachment to,
that craving.

This, brethren, is called the ceasing of suffering.

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And what, brethren,
is the way going to
the ceasing of suffering?

It is this Ariyan Eightfold Path, to wit:

[135] Right view,
right aims,
right speech,
right action,
right living,
right effort,
right mindfulness,
right concentration.

This, brethren, is called the way going to the ceasing of suffering.